neuropathyn.
/njᵿˈrɒpəθi/, /njʊəˈrɒpəθi/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɑpəθi/ Medicine.
Disease or dysfunction of the nervous system (now spec. of peripheral nerves); an instance or type of this.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun]
neurosis1783
neurotic1841
neuropathy1857
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > neurosis
nerves1742
neurosis1783
neuropathy1857
nervosisme1884
neurose1886
neuroticism1900
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Neuropathia,..term for nervous disease, or disease of a nerve: neuropathy.
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 388 Marriages which have been charged with being an important factor in the genesis of neuropathy.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 834 This observer..relegates that form to the category of neuropathies.
1938 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 June 1913/2 It is suggested that the term multiple neuropathy..be substituted for multiple neuritis in those cases in which both the cause and the pathologic changes point to a degenerative process.
1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) iii. 33 A painless flail joint, often associated with effusion, should bring to mind neuropathy (Charcot's arthritis).
1967 Arch. Neurol. (Chicago) 16 14/1 Neuromuscular diseases are generally divided into two categories: the neuropathies and the myopathies.
1997 Independent 24 Mar. i. 15/7 Congenital indifference to pain is part of a group of conditions known as hereditary sensory neuropathies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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